there s probably four or five weapons in there once you melt them all down. we re going to write him up for destruction of state property and take his stool out and when we have a stool available, we ll give him another. like i tell a lot of these officers, if you do your job, you should be safe. you shouldn t get stabbed or anything like that, but there s always that one time you slip up or you forget to do something, and that s when it happens. these guys want you and they ll wait and wait for you. don t follow procedure, and that s when you get hurt. it s not uncommon for inmates to land longer sentences in prison because of bad behavior on the inside. inmate david scritchfield learned this lesson the hard way. i ve been in replies 18 1/2 years now. i have been convicted of aggravated assault on police officers probably two or three times, battery on officers. you know, anything you can think of.
official white house christmas tree has just arrived, drawn by, well, horse-drawn carriage i guess you d call it. wagon, a couple o of clydesdales. there is bo. bo and the obama girls are there to receive the official white house christmas tree. this is an 18 1/2-foot tall balsam fur from wisconsin. wisconsin hasn t provided a white house tree in a while, since 2003. reporter: seven times they ve been from wisconsin. you ve brought up an interesting point that the farmers that farm this tree, and it was planted two decades ago i read, they have to pay to get it to washington, but it must be an honor. jon: i m guessing they didn t carry it by horse-drawn wagon the entire way. it sure made its arrival in
where the park is cleared and now it is the protesters who are occupied with a critical question, what now? new york police moveded in overnight with a notice where occupy wall street had been encamped since november 17th. they tore down tents and arrested more than 100 people who refused to leave on their own. they planned to open zuccotti park as long as nobody try to live there. but the judge rule the city has no right to block tents or campsites so police are keeping everyone out. a live report from poppy harlow in a few minutes. the former penn state assistant football coach accused of molesting boys, says, i m quoting, i shouldn t have showered with those kids. in a phone interview with bob costas, his first public comment since his arrest, jerry sandusky says he s horsed around with kids after workouts and enjoys young people but isn t sexually attracted to them. sandusky s lawyer says the man at the center of a devastating scandal is a big overgrown kid himself. a
paterno s firing sparked riots on the campus. we ll have a live report in just a few moments. kidnapped washington nationals catcher wilson ramos has been found alive. the details, we re just starting to get more of them. we ll have those for you. also, some of the most breath taking parts on earth are part of a new list. the seven natural wonders of the world. let s start this morning on the campus of penn state university. we have a team of reporters there covering this child sex beautiful scandal that erupted this week. our mike ga lan knows is outside the football stadium where penn state will be playing its final home game today. athena jones will be joinings me here with more reaction from the campus in just a moment. mike, i need to get back to you with some of the news we are getting. the interim president says he ll appoint an ethics officer who will report directly to him. the former president. the assistant football coach, mike mcqueary, we ve learned that he h
welcome. great to have you here. great to see you, ali, good morning. up first, the growing penn state sex abuse scandal s. the university is vowing to find out who or who else failed the victims. right now in state college p.a. they are bracing for game day. the last home game of the year, the first in a half century without legendary coach joe paterno. the small college town swells to the largest on game day and given what we saw on campus two nights ago, police are under intense pressure to maintain control. our jason carroll is live in state college this morning and, jason, i imagine s security hey been stepped up quite a bit? reporter: that is true, and the mood on campus, really mixed in terms of how the students are feeling about everything that s been going on. you ve got a number of students who are quite frankly, have that same amount of anger that we saw out here on wednesday, but alina, also there have been a number of students who have come up to me who sai